The Tigers' Omar Infante is congratulated by teammates after scoring during the seventh inning.

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Detroit Free Press

The A's struck out 11 times against last year's AL Cy Young winner and MVP and were unable to complete an improbable comeback in the AL division series, losing Game 5 to the Detroit Tigers 6-0 on Thursday night.

Oakland overcame losses in the first two games of the best-of-five series and a two-run deficit in the ninth inning of Game 4 to force the decisive game against the Tigers. ...